[EBB Sightings] Long-tailed Duck at the Martinez Shoreline

On Feb 5, 2005, at 7:25 AM, Paul Schorr wrote:

> Has anyone seen the Long-tailed Duck at the Martinez Shoreline within 
> the
> last couple of days?  It was reported by Steve Glover and Hugh Harvey 
> on
> Tuesday, February 1.  I was there on Friday for about three hours and 
> could
> not find the bird, and it was not because of a lack of effort!  (-:

My apologies for the belated report. After trying for most of the week, 
I managed to pick up the Long-tailed Duck in Martinez from the train on 
my commute to and from work on Thursday. A new bird for my train list! 
It was with the scoter flock around 9:00 in the morning and again 
around 4:30 in the afternoon. It's a frustrating bird to see from the 
train because the scoter flock hangs out further east than the Barrow's 
Goldeneye flock generally does, where there are more view obstructions. 
By the way, the Barrow's Goldeneye flock has largely moved on. I only 
saw a few birds last week.

Kirk Swenson
Davis, CA